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Behind the BuildJuly 26, 2026·1 min read
Admin Google Account Recovery: Email Migration With Forced Password Change
Operator tooling to migrate Google-only accounts to email login — with admin-initiated recovery, verification email, and a forced password change gate.
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Bizzi Team
Product & Engineering
When a subscriber loses access to a Google account, support needs a safe recovery path — not a manual Firebase console hack. We shipped admin-initiated Google-to-email migration with verification email delivery and a forced password change gate on next login.
What shipped
- ✓Admin panel to migrate Google-only users to email login
- ✓Verification and recovery email templates
- ✓Forced password change gate after migration
- ✓Audit logging for operator-initiated account recovery
- ✓API route for admin migration with preview and confirmation
Recovery without compromise
Account recovery is a trust surface. The migration flow preserves user data and workspace access while ensuring the new credentials belong to the account owner — not an opportunistic support shortcut.